We gather as Church

A Christian should never be lonely!

If we feel lonely it means we forget that we are members of the people of God ... that we are fellow citizens with the Saints ... that we have access to God through the Son of God Jesus, raised and glorified, by the power of the Holy Spirit that is in all of the saints of all times and of all places.

And we are a member, each one of us, of that community, we are all members of Christ's body so we gather as Church

- Fr. Tom Hopko (Dean Emeritus of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary)